The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-08-31
THE HELENA RACES.
Interesting Account of the Racing Events
i +re Week at the Helena Fair Grounds.

OF IiAS
HELENA, August 23.-The half mile
,,oo+ race. two in three, was the first event
N the programme and was regarded with
mood deal Of interest. The entries were
poous, Ida Glen and Lila Ferguson, and
was won by Ida Glen.
The Montana Derby, one mile and a
half was the second race. The starters
we're W. H. Babb's Diavolo, Duffy Win
tors. Mark Twain and r. I'll. Hamilton's
Rosa Lewis Diavolo's we'll known run
ming proclivities made it necessary to bar
him in the pools, as no one would buy
AGAINST him. Duffy Winters then sold
favorite two to one over Lewis and she
two to one over Twain. They were sent
off with Diavolo a length at the disadvan-
tare the other three abreast. In the turn
before striking the stretch toward the
stand, Winters and Lewis took the lead
With Twain length behind and Diavolo
back down the stretch. Diavolo cut out
the rudding and passed under the wire at
the end of the first half leading Lewis by
q length, Mark Twain third, Winters
ourth. about length apart.
HELENA, August 25.-The attendance at
he third day Of the fair and races was
eater than on either of the two preced-
ng days The grand stand was packed,
as was also the space in front of it. There
we're at least 5000 people present. It was
good betting day and some big winnings
we're made on comparatively small invest
ments while some Of the heavy betters
fell for large amounts. This was notably
the case in the Pioneer stakes race, where
the betting was active and heavy at big
Odds
The -year-old trotting race for the
Helena stakes was called promptly at
o'clock There were three colts and a
FLY in the race; G. B. Jeffer's Ilton, w. r.
McComas' Minute Man. Breck & Fishers
P. B. O., and Robert Vaughn's Viola Belle.
Iton at first sold in the auction pools fav-
orite over the field by five to one, but the
odds we're cut down to two to one before
the first heat. In the mutuals Ilton was
SLING about even on the field. In the
list heat Ilton went to the front from the
rt and did some handsome footing in
de lower turn, the others being off their
feet and half a dozen lengths back. In
the back stretch Ilton lost his feet and
the others shortened the lead, Belle being
second at the half way by three or four
lengths, P B. G. third and Minute Man
fourth. The balance of the heat was de-
void Of particular interest except that IL
ion again went up in the home stretch,
losing a good deal of ground by it and
the others to safely pass the
distance flag, which had menaced the two
trailers Time, 3:01. In the second heat
it was so obvious that Ilton was too speedy
or his competitors that there were now
10 buyers against him. AS in the first
neat, Ilton took the lead at the start and
held it throughout by a wide gap. He
came in without having made a skip in
$780, distancing the other three. This
gave him the race. The value of the
stake was about $500.
The Pioneer stakes race was next on the
pogramme and was marked by very heavy
sting. There we're five starters, Dan
BFins' Nevada, Fl. r. Bakers Red Buck,
Y H. Babb's Hilda, Stephenson's Susie
5 and Oregon from the Oregon stables.
1eOrge Booker knocked off pools as fast
S he could talk and they ran all the way
nom $500 to $500 each About $4,000
rent into the two pool boxes, which is
af as much as the total for Tuesday,
Ich was heavy betting day. Hilda
as the favorite by about $500 in pool of
@O9, Nevada next at about S125, Oregon
at about $50, and the others in the thir-
hes The start was made at the quarter
post the race being a three-quarter mile
lash. Fully half an hour was consumed
jockying and the horses were finally |
sent off with Oregon slightly in the lead,
led Buck next, Hilda in the middle, Susie
ourth and Nevada last. Red Buck soon
iook the lead; Hilda passed Oregon and
'ook second place, while Nevada came
ahead of Susie When at the end of the
Oack stretch Hilda was on even terms with
led Buck and they ran side by side around
NE upper turn, with the others close on
heir heels in the order named. When |
hey struck the stretch whips began to
pay and half way down Nevada came on
NE leaders and Oregon made a fine push
q the lead, passing Red Buck and collar
ag Hilda, who was at this point within
feet Of the wire, already led by New
by neck, The outcome was in this
er except that Nevada increased her +
% to half length; Oregon took second
'ace by neck, Hilda third, Red Buck
"afth and Susie last, all well on. The
'utuals on Nevada paid 1910.
nELENA, August 26.--The attendance